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NWS Warns 20M Residents — ‘Extreme Dangers’ From Floods And Rockslides

Southern California was battered by a powerful atmospheric river, unleashing torrential rain, deadly floods, and massive waves along the coast. The storm claimed at least seven lives and placed more ... Read More

These Are the 5 Most Devastating Floods to Sweep Through the U.S. in the Last 100 Years

This 1972 weather event is the biggest flood to hit the U.S. in the last 100 years. In the eastern Black Hills of South Dakota near Rapid City, a stationary group of thunderstorms began around 5 p.m. Read More

Where the sky keeps bursting

A Washington Post investigation shows why much of the eastern U.S. is increasingly vulnerable to extreme rain and floods. Read More

October 28, 2025 - Hurricane Melissa

• Moving north: Melissa is an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane as it closes in on Cuba, the National Hurricane Center warned, after the storm made a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of ... Read More

In First Six Months, Cost of Weather Catastrophes on Pace to Break a Record

The Trump administration stopped updating a database tracking the costs of the country’s worst disasters. A group of scientists has revived it. By Scott Dance The Trump administration this year ... Read More

The most devastating extreme weather events of the year: Gallery

This year has seen some of the most destructive extreme weather events on record. Wildfires in Los Angeles were a big part of the equation, but several other events also left devastation in their wake ... Read More